Daqiang was still somewhat troubled.

Qiao Qiqi knew that she couldn't get something for nothing, so she said straightforwardly, "Well, since you were introduced by Captain Su, I can pay you daily wages, but you must promise to work hard for me. If you don't work hard, I can fire you at any time."

Daqiang immediately said, "Don't worry about that. I'll do the work. You can ask around in the surrounding villages and towns. I guarantee the quality and quantity."

Qiao Qiqi smiled and said, "If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't have given you daily pay. I definitely trust you."

Daqiang thought for a moment and agreed, "Okay! We'll do it your way. I'll bring the workers over tomorrow and start building. You can tidy up the yard this afternoon and buy all the materials you need. Is that alright?"

"Yes, it's possible. What do you need? Just tell me."

The house was built just like that, and they worked day after day from five in the morning until seven in the evening when the sun went down.

Qiao Qiqi was generous. She provided the workers with spiritual spring water and vegetables grown in the spring every day, and also gave them egg cakes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She settled their wages on time when they finished work in the evening. It was agreed that she would pay 1.8 yuan for overtime each day, but sometimes she would give them an extra 1 or 2 mao if they worked quickly.

Although the workers were tired, they were working with renewed energy because it was the first time they had encountered such a generous customer.

On the 10th day of the house's construction, Fang Jingru's vacation ended, and she had to return to Beijing.

Qiao Qiqi personally rode her bicycle to take her to town. When they parted, both of them looked reluctant to leave.

Fang Jingru held Qiao Qiqi's hand, looking distressed, and said, "Take your parents to Beijing to meet with relatives during the Spring Festival. Let's have a good time as a family, okay?"

Qiao Qiqi smiled and said, "I'll try my best. You know they've never left Heilong City in their entire lives, so I can only try my best to persuade them."

Fang Jingru naturally knew this. After getting into the car, she waved for her to go back, saying, "Go back. There are still many things to do at home. Take care of yourself and don't overwork yourself."

"I will. Write to me when you get back."

After waving goodbye to Fang Jingru, Qiao Qiqi immediately rode her bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought another 20 jin of chicken cakes and three bags of milk powder before returning to the village.

The project, which was originally scheduled to take a month, was completed in 25 days thanks to the workers' overtime work and two days of rest due to rain.

Qiao Qiqi finally found a professional craftsman to inspect the work. After confirming that there were no problems, she gave all the workers a red envelope and then announced: "Take two days off. We will start building another house the day after tomorrow. Everyone has worked hard recently, so please take a good rest these two days."

"Thank you, Miss Qiao."

After a month of getting to know each other, the workers all liked Qiao Qiqi's personality. Although she was young, she was better at dealing with people than older people. She was generous to others, but she was also very strict about quality.

Although the work was not easy, the workers were happy to earn money.

Although it was tiring this month, the workers earned almost double their usual wages, so they were quite satisfied.

The next morning, Qiao Qiqi accompanied Lin Chunying to start moving back some things that were not really needed.

After the new house is built, it needs to be ventilated for at least ten days before you can move in. It's fine to move some inexpensive and moisture-resistant items over first.

It took all morning to move everything. In the afternoon, Qiao Qiqi had arranged with Wang Guihua and Qin Baojun to have them tidy up their things at home in the morning and then come over to help them move their things to their own homes.

When they arrived at the Qin family's house, they found that Wang Guihua and Qin Baojun had already moved all their belongings into the storeroom next door.

“Your father and I can just live in the storeroom. That way we won’t have to travel back and forth, and it’s more convenient,” Wang Guihua said.

Qiao Qiqi felt that the storeroom was drafty, and the weather was getting colder and colder, so she refused to let Wang Guihua and Qin Baojun live in the storeroom. But Wang Guihua refused to move no matter what. "It's okay, your father and I will put mud on all four sides of this tomorrow. We were planning to do it this year anyway, so we can use it to store some winter vegetables in the winter."

Lin Chunying knew that Wang Guihua and Qin Baojun were not going because they were worried that there wouldn't be enough room for Qiao Qiqi and Qiao Weiguo, so she quickly said, "Weiguo and I will go back to stay tonight. You can stay at Qiqi's place; there will be enough room."

“How can that be? Your house is newly built and still damp. How can anyone live there?” Wang Guihua also disagreed with Lin Chunying and her husband moving back.

Seeing that the two were equally stubborn, Qiao Qiqi finally said simply, "How about this, my parents will stay at my place for half a month until the house is completely dry before moving back. The weather won't be too cold for the next half month, so my parents-in-law can stay in the storeroom. But after half a month, you must move into my house and wait until the house is completely dry before moving back."

This is the best possible outcome.

Lin Chunying and Wang Guihua exchanged a glance, and in the end, they both agreed to Qiao Qiqi's arrangement.

So the next day, they started purchasing materials again: timber, red bricks, sand... Because they had prepared them once before, the preparation was very quick this time.

On the third day, Daqiang's renovation team came again.

This time, Qiao Qiqi also entrusted them with the task of demolishing the house.

Several workers worked quickly and efficiently, and the house was completely demolished in half a day. The Qin family's house was even older than the Qiao family's, and all the timber inside was rotten. Qiao Qiqi simply ordered it all burned and spent money to buy new ones.

The commotion quickly reached the village, and those who had previously made sarcastic remarks about the Qiao family building a house were now completely dumbfounded.

They originally thought that since Qiao Qiqi built a house for the Qiao family but not for the Qin family, her divorce from Qin Huai was a foregone conclusion. But now, seeing that Qiao Qiqi built a house for the Qin family immediately after finishing the one for the Qiao family, they realized that Qiao Qiqi did not show favoritism.

Wang Guihua had been waiting for this moment. Looking at the dumbfounded faces of those people, and thinking about how she had gone to help the Qiao family a few days ago, and how those people in the village had cursed her behind her back for being stupid, she had kept quiet all this time, waiting for this moment.

Wang Guihua instantly felt her back straighten up, and she felt a sense of triumph.

Standing in the courtyard, she saw some nosy villagers watching from outside the courtyard wall. She deliberately walked over and said loudly, "Oh my, my Qiqi is so filial! I told her that my family didn't need to build a house, but she insisted that both families build one together. She said that if I didn't agree, she wouldn't build one for the Qiao family. Tell me, how can this child be so filial!"

"If it weren't for the fact that the workers were too busy to finish building the house before, which is why I'm a few days late, but Qiqi made the workers work overtime so that the house could be finished before the snow."

Seeing Wang Guihua's smug expression, the villagers realized she was doing it on purpose, just to make a fool of them, and they quickly left with grim faces.

However, after that incident, no one in the village talked about Qiao Qiqi and Qin Huai's divorce anymore.

Wang Guihua was extremely proud; this was the first time she had been so high-profile in the village in all her years there.

I have to say, this feeling is really awesome!